Three individuals appeared in bond hearings Monday on suspicion of forgery and theft of property charges.

Bond was set at $50,000 each for April Sue Hubbard, 34, and April Mechille Hubbard, 33, and at $75,000 for Jackie Hubbard, 31.

Russellville Police Department (RPD) officers were dispatched to Harps on Nov. 23 for suspected forgery and theft of property. An investigator testified Monday the three suspects were at Harps in Russellville and purchased approximately $400 of merchandise.

While April Sue Hubbard wrote out a check, April Mechille Hubbard pulled a vehicle up to the front of the store and Jackie Hubbard loaded the merchandise into the vehicle, according to testimony. When the check April Sue Hubbard wrote was not accepted — it was written on a closed account not belonging to any of the suspects — she allegedly told employees she was going out to her vehicle to get her debit card. At that time, she allegedly got into the vehicle with the other two suspects and left the premises.

A similar incident was reported on Nov. 25, when April Sue Hubbard and Jackie Hubbard allegedly purchased $367 of merchandise at Tractor Supply Co. with a check from the same closed account. The investigator testified Jackie Hubbard allegedly took the merchandise to the vehicle while April Sue Hubbard filled out the check.

The investigator said at the time Jackie and April Sue Hubbard were arrested, they were in possession of the checkbook for the closed account.

The three are suspects in numerous other incidents currently under investigation, the investigator said during Monday’s bond hearings, including stores in Pope, Yell, Johnson and Faulkner counties.

All three suspects told District Judge Don Bourne they had prior felony convictions, and April Sue Hubbard said she is currently on parole. A deputy prosecuting attorney noted April Mechille Hubbard has a pending felony case as well.